1、 徐家辉 2010940136 财务管理（3）班美国文学鉴赏作业学号：2010940136 姓名：徐家辉 班级：10 财务管理（3）班学院:会计学院 电话：18725529969一:Dreisers Naturalism in Sister Carrie Sister Carrie is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American dream by first becoming a mist
2、ress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress. Theodore Dreiser was an American naturalist novelist and pioneered the naturalist school. Theodore Dreiser is regarded as an outstanding representative of American naturalism. What is Naturalism? Naturalism is a kind of writin
3、g style that explain all phenomena by the laws of nature. It can reproduces the original appearance of life.Carrie Meeber, an ordinary girl who rises from a low-paid wage earner to a high-paid actress. Sister Carrie is frequently regarded as a turning point in American fiction. Firmly embedded in th
4、e realist tradition, the books simple yet serious naturalistic outlook emphasizes that human behavior results from instinct, self-interest, and social pressure and not from any 徐家辉 2010940136 财务管理（3）班real understanding or sense of ethical responsibility. In Sister Carrie, Dreiser expressed his natur
5、alistic pursuit by expounding the purposeless of life and attacking the conventional moral standards. Sister Carrie best embodies Dreisers naturalistic belief that while men are controlled and conditioned by heredity ,instinct and chance, a few extraordinary human beings refuse to accept their fate
6、wordlessly and instead existence. At last, we can draw the conclusion that the leading character of the novel-Carries destiny has a great connection with Dreiser himself and the decline of Hurstwood is a result of Dreisers fear of failure, but Dreiser attributes Carrie and Hurstwoods unhappiness to
7、their insatiable desire for life or they are doomed to be unhappy etc, and from which we can see Dreisers naturalism easily. Sister Carrie is the one of good literary works .This novel is worthy of being studied carefully.徐家辉 2010940136 财务管理（3）班二:The Great Gatsby“ So we beat on, boats against the cu
8、rrent, borne back ceaselessly into the past. ” “Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine . I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known. ” “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,“ he told me, “just remember that all the people in this worl
9、d havent had the advantages that youve had.” These words come from the novel “ The Great Gatsby” .A lot of people should have read this novel. The Great Gatsby is Fitzgeralds most accomplished novel, which reflected the disillusion of the American dream in the 1920s. The antuor employed many rhetori
10、c techniques to vividly describe the characters and their luxurious lives. All these techniques distinguish The Great Gatsby from its earlier works. However, I want to present my ideas of the novel.In the view of most people, they must take for that Gatsby is silly for the blind love. He just lives
11、in his memory and his imaginary world. But when you come to realization that 1920s was name after “Jazz” and “Money” era, you will change your mind. In such a material-driven society, all people are indulged in pleasure and luxury while Gatsby is persistent to pursue his sincere love for Daisy. That
12、s maybe the reason why he is great.徐家辉 2010940136 财务管理（3）班American dream is a belief that as long as the United States to achieve the ideal of a better life, that is, people have to work through their own hard work , courage, creativity and determination to move towards prosperity, rather than rely on specific classes and other assistance.
